The Cherokee County Coalition will be celebrating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. this weekend with a number of activities designed to “Let Freedom Ring.” This year’s theme for the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. More...

Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. King, both a Baptist minister and civil rights activist, had a seismic impact on race relations in the United States, beginning in the mid-1950s. More...

Cowpens, SC — Lois Gardner Holland Griffin, 89, of Cowpens, SC passed away peacefully into the loving arms of Jesus on Tuesday, January 12, 2016. She was surrounded by her loving family at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. More...

A Connecticut-based company has acquired a local promotional supplier. Prime Line, ranked as one of the country’s Top 40 suppliers, said Tuesday it bought Jetline, which began operations at the former Oxford Industries plant on Hyatt Stre More...

City of Gaffney police charged a Draytonville Road man with cruelty to children and reckless driving Jan. 12, several days after he allegedly was observed driving an off-road motorcycle in a reckless manner while transporting a young child. More...

Cherokee County Council could grant a tax break for a local industry’s major expansion project as soon as next week. Council will meet Tuesday, however the expansion project, which will be known by a code name to protect the company&rsquo More...

We’re less than a month away from national signing day, and recruiting season is heating up. Newberry and Wingate has extended an offer to Gaffney defensive lineman Jontez Littlejohn. During the regular season, Littlejohn had 35 tac More...

He was known as “Big Daddy” when he played middle school football here. Now, he’s known as USC Gamecock after Shrine Bowl running back Rico Dowdle of Asheville, N.C., announced a commitment to South Carolina this past Friday.& More...

Societal changes take place so slowly that we rarely see them unfold on a day-to-day basis. But when we look back over any significant period of time, the scale of change is truly breathtaking. More...